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GCSEs

English grade 4 (C)

24 points overall or 544 in 3 Higher Level Certificates.

The Faculty of Arts Foundation degrees are part of our contextual admissions policy, reflecting a lower offer, with eligibility assessed on personal circumstances. To qualify for our Foundation Year contextual offer:

• you must have the required grades
• you must have Home/UK fee status
• your current or most recent school cannot be an independent school
• you must meet at least one of the personal background criteria

Personal background criteria

1. You live in an area where people are less likely to go to university – check your postcode
   
2. You were in receipt of free school meals (FSM) on any census day in the six years before the census day of your final KS4 year (that is, the year you were aged 15-16 years old)
3. You are the first generation in your family to enter higher education
4. You will be over 21 years old when you begin your course
5. You have spent more than three months in local authority care (for this criterion you do not need to have attended a state school)
6. You have refugee status from the Home Office
7. You need to study in the East Midlands (for example, for family, cultural or financial reasons)
8. You provide long term care of a sick or disabled family member
   

Where relevant you should include reference to 6, 7 and 8 in your personal statement, or provide this information via  when you submit your UCAS application.

RQF BTEC Nationals

• RQF Level 3 BTEC National Extended Diploma grades DMM
• RQF Level 3 BTEC National Diploma grades DM plus C
• RQF Level 3 BTEC National Extended Certificate M plus BC

Access to HE Diploma

Access to HE Diploma 15 Level 3 credits at Distinction, 18 Level 3 credits at Merit and 12 Level 3 credits at Pass

At the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, we have a valuable community of mature students and we appreciate their contribution to the wider student population. You can find lots of useful information on the mature students webpage.

On successful completion of the Foundation Year, you will progress directly to your undergraduate degree, chosen from a wide range provided entirely within the Faculty of Arts; this excludes a small number of joint honours courses where the academic partner is in another faculty.

You do not have to decide your undergraduate degree yet; your foundation year tutors will guide you through your choices at the appropriate time.

When you progress to your undergraduate degree, you can apply to study abroad at one of our partner institutions or at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ China or ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Malaysia.

If you are successful in applying to study abroad, you will get the opportunity to broaden your horizons and enhance your CV by experiencing another culture. Teaching is typically in English, but there may be opportunities to study in another language if you are sufficiently fluent.

You can choose to study similar modules to your counterparts in the UK or expand your knowledge by taking other options.

You can choose to add an optional placement year to your three year undergraduate degree.

For some of our progression degrees you could gain professional experience in film, television and other creative industries, create a network of contacts and boost your employability through our Creative Student Network internship scheme.

The Foundation Year is based within the Faculty of Arts that offers numerous placement and internship opportunities.

Please be aware that study abroad, compulsory year abroad, optional placements/internships and integrated year in industry opportunities may change at any time for a number of reasons, including curriculum developments, changes to arrangements with partner universities or placement/industry hosts, travel restrictions or other circumstances outside of the university’s control. Every effort will be made to update this information as quickly as possible should a change occur.

This is our Foundation Arts tuition fee for the academic year 26/27. It may increase for the academic year 27/28 and we will update our information once we have received confirmation of the fee.

This is the fee you pay for the Foundation year. When you progress to your undergraduate degree you will pay the fee advertised for that course.

All students will need at least one device to approve security access requests via Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). We also recommend students have a suitable laptop to work both on and off-campus. For more information, please check the equipment advice.

Essential course materials are supplied.

Books

You'll be able to access most of the books you’ll need through our libraries, though you may wish to buy your own copies of core texts. A limited number of modules have compulsory texts which you are required to buy. We recommend that you budget £100 per year for books, but this figure will vary according to which modules you take. 

Volunteering and placements

For volunteering and placements, for example, work experience and teaching in schools, you will need to pay for transport and refreshments.

Optional field trips

Field trips allow you to engage with source materials on a personal level and to develop different perspectives. They are optional and costs to you vary according to the trip; some require you to arrange your own travel, refreshments and entry fees, while some are some are wholly subsidised.

The ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ offers a wide range of bursaries and scholarships. These funds can provide you with an additional source of non-repayable financial help. For up to date information regarding tuition fees, visit our .

Home students

Over one third of our UK students receive our means-tested core bursary. Full details can be found on our .

A 'home' student is one who meets certain UK residence criteria. These are the same criteria as apply to eligibility for home funding from Student Finance.

Our Alumni Scholarships provide support with essential living costs to eligible students. Find out more about eligibility and how to apply.